Xref: utzoo comp.unix.ultrix:1121 comp.mail.sendmail:845 Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!gatech!utkcs2!CYGNUSX1.CS.UTK.EDU!moore From: moore@CYGNUSX1.CS.UTK.EDU (Keith Moore) Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix,comp.mail.sendmail Subject: Re: mail11-problem? Summary: replace the mail11 program Keywords: parsing-error with % Message-ID: <973@utkcs2.cs.utk.edu> Date: 28 Jun 89 18:28:49 GMT References: <713@tuvie> Sender: news@utkcs2.cs.utk.edu Reply-To: moore@CYGNUSX1.CS.UTK.EDU Followup-To: comp.unix.ultrix Organization: CS Dept -- University of TN, Knoxville Lines: 41 In article <713@tuvie> plank@tuvie (Friedrich Plank) writes: > >I have the need to send messages to a 'pmdf'-mailer on a VMS-machine via >mail11 (DECNET). I'm running ULTRIX V3.0 and V2.2. In both versions I get >the same error-message when I specify the following adress: > > AUNIW::IN%"plank@egh780.una.at" >where 'AUNIW' is a DECNET-node and 'IN%'should activate the 'pmdf'-mailer. >The same syntax works fine from VMS. >Has anybody had this problem? (... error parsing IN ..-see trace below) >Exists there any docomentation for 'mail11' or 'mail11v3'? >How must I specify the 'USER' for these mailers that they don't parse them? >Thanks for help at this problem! >Please send Mail to: > > plank@tuvie.at > >Thanks, >F.Plank Yes, we've had the problem, also. My solution: I rewrote the mail11 and mail11d programs. My version of mail11 is smart about VMS-style foreign protocol addresses; for example, it rewrites as . It's also usable with vanilla sendmail, since it doesn't speak the undocumented version of SMTP that DEC's version uses. It runs on Suns as well as VAXen. It generates reply addresses in a manner similar to PMDF. We've been using it locally for several months with no problems. Send mail to one of the addresses below if you want a copy. -- Keith Moore Internet: moore@utkcs2.cs.utk.edu University of Tenn. CS Dept. BITNET: moore@utkvx 107 Ayres Hall, UT Campus UT Decnet: utkcs2::moore Knoxville Tennessee 37996-1301 Telephone: +1 615 974 0822 -- Keith Moore Internet: moore@utkcs2.cs.utk.edu University of Tenn. CS Dept. BITNET: moore@utkvx 107 Ayres Hall, UT Campus UT Decnet: utkcs2::moore